Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction to the Big Ideas and Their Development

This book guides readers through the history and development of AI, from its early mathematical beginnings through to the exciting possibilities of its potential future applications.

Robert H. Chen is the author of three books in English on Personal Computers, Liquid Crystal Displays, and Einstein’s Relativity, and four books in Chinese on LCDs & Intellectual Property, Patents, Anglo-American Contract Law, and Technology & Copyright Law, and many scholarly articles in physics and the law. He has a Ph.D. in Space Physics and a J.D. in law and is a member of the California Bar. He divides his time between California and Taiwan with his wife and daughter.

Chelsea C. Chen graduated in physics and computer science from U.C Berkeley and is a software development engineer at a major tech company in Silicon Valley. She presently lives in Northern California and New York City.